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2010/11 Panini National Treasures Basketball Checklist

Release Date: August 3, 2011 In Hobby Stores OnlyAugust 10 or later for online retailers

1 Pack Per Box - 8 Total Cards

6 Autographs or Memorabilia Cards

1 Base Card #/99

1 Legend/Rookie/Parallel Card

PreSale Pricing: $430.00+ Per Box

Unlike many Panini products in the past, this set is available at your local hobby shop before most online retailers can offer it to you. The cards look pretty nice this year, and its a huge checklist as you can see below.

This year the Autograph/Patch rookies are vertical - and they lookalmost as nice as last years set. This seasons RC class didn't lightthe NBA on fire, but there are some players that should develop.

The value on these cards usually swings pretty quickly if the playerstarts playing well ... or bad. For most players, this will be one of their 'best rookies' if not the best one you can purchase.

For future context, this set came out during an NBA 'Lockout' and the rumors were pretty strong at the time that the NBA would NOTplay in 2011/12. Its impact on the set in the short term probably didn't change too much, but the long term impact, at this time, is not known.

The Colossal set features fairly largejersey pieces of the NBA's top players and rookies. There are square jerseypieces like the Derrick Rose seen above, however - there are 'JerseyNumber' versions that have the piecein the shape of the players number.

Notable NicknamesThese were some of the coolest cards in last years set. Each card features the players signed 'nickname' ... which you might not find on many of their signature cards, which should make these collectible again this year.